Save the Boozing for After your Workouts
alcohol and fitness, pre-workout
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If you're reading this, you probably have an interest in working out - and most likely, you do some boozing in your free time as well. Unless you were born yesterday, you understand that it's not smart to mix the two (exercising and getting drunk). We're all aware that drinking messes with your motor skills and will decrease performance and possibly lead to injury.
What if I just have one drink and then wait a few hours?
While it's obviously stupid to exercise while drunk, something not as obvious is dehydration. A typical drinker can have a beer or two and a few hours later they're perfectly fine to drive or anything else. But, the dehydration effect from drinking still lasts. Dehydration can have a negative impact on your workouts performance and productivity.
So if you know you're going to the gym later in the day, maybe you should skip out on those happy hour drinks. Or possibly just go for the nachos and have a glass of water - not as fun, but at least you'll still perform well in the gym.
Can't live without happy hour drinks?
I recommend switching your gym schedule so that you workout in the morning. If you exercise in the morning (you can do without the morning bloody mary) you'll have time to rehydrate yourself throughout the day. Then you can drink yourself silly at happy hour without having to worry about a gym visit until the next morning - which should give you sufficient time to rehydrate.
I like fitness and drinking - let's try to make them work together.
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on 5/12/2008
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Hard Drinks Worse than Eating a Big Mac, Opt for these Low Cal Cocktails
alcohol and fitness
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Did you know that 2 glasses of Rum Punch can add up to 700 calories? That means those colorful little cocktails actually contain more calories than a Big Mac. I know there are many people out there that wouldn't dare step into a fast food restaurant and order up a greasy burger, yet on the weekends you can find them throwing back drinks that have calorie counts comparable to full meals.
But Ryan, what am I supposed to do if I value having a fit body, but also like to get twizzled on the weekends? Don't worry, you can still get drunk as a skunk without packing on the pounds. You just have to look into the nutritional value and be smart about it. You'd be surprised at which other drinks are high-calorie.
I'd recommend sticking to this list of Low-Cal cocktails that I found:
http://www.vitaljuicedaily.com/2007/12/12/low-cal-cocktails/?dir=fitconnect
I actually found this list of beverages a week ago, which was convenient because I held a small party with some friends of mine, who tend to be health nuts. This way I was able to show them a good time and they didn't have to go crazy in the gym the next day in order to work of the late night calories.
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on 2/25/2008
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